PUBLICIS90: PUBLICIS GROUPE IS FINANCING 90 STARTUPS AT #VIVATECH
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PUBLICIS90: PUBLICIS GROUPE IS FINANCING 90 STARTUPS AT #VIVATECH
July 1, 2016 - PARIS - On the occasion of its 90(th) anniversary, Publicis
Groupe has launched #Publicis90, a global initiative to provide funding and
mentoring for a selection of 90 of the most innovative startups or scale-ups.
The call for entries, which was launched in January 2016, was a tribute to the
entrepreneurial spirit of Publicis founder Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet. Over
3,500 applications were received from more than 130 countries by entrepreneurs,
students and by Publicis Groupe employees.
These 3,500 projects were put through a stringent and completely anonymous
selection process to identify the 90 winners, i.e. less than 3% of all
applicants. The process entailed:
* An initial filtering by some one hundred digital experts from Publicis
Groupe
* Analysis by Iris Capital
* A final selection made by a global jury comprised of leading executives such
as, Stéphane Richard (Orange), Carolyn Everson (Facebook), Carlo D'Asaro
Biondo (Google), SY Lau (Tencent)
* The full list of jury members is available on the Publicis90 website at
www.publicis90.com.
The 90 projects selected are a good reflection of the regional dynamics within
the digital ecosystem, with 23% of all projects coming from the USA, 18% from
France and 14% from the United Kingdom, followed by Germany (7%), Israel (6%)
and India (3%). Approximately 16% of these projects are from emerging countries.
25 projects are championed by "intra-preneurs" (entrepreneurs from within
Publicis Groupe), while the remaining 65 projects have been submitted by
startups already in existence, by students or budding entrepreneurs.
All sectors of the economy are represented. Marketing and communications
account for a very large number of projects, but there are also startups in
healthcare, fintech, retailing, etc. All the cutting edge technologies are
represented among the final 90, from blockchains to Big Data, as well as virtual
reality (VR) and the Internet of Things (IOT).
The full list of the 90 winners is available at www.publicis90.com. Below, the
top three winning startups:
* Emerald Medical Applications: an Israeli startup specialized in dermatology
that uses state-of-the-art image recognition technology for faster, easier
detection of skin cancers.
* Recast.Ai: the first French startup founded by School 42 graduates, is a
collaborative platform allowing developers to create a bot and implement it
on any messaging service. Developers can extract usable data from textual
and voice expressions through vocal recognition technology.
* Wiseye: an Israeli startup specialized in retail and the Internet of Things
providing retail and store chains with a customer behavior platform that
draws in data from various sources like point-of-sales, wireless devices and
other available inputs.
All 90 winning startups were all invited to attend the three days of Viva
Technology Paris and were awarded during a ceremony on the main stage in the
presence of Elisabeth Badinter, Chair of Publicis Groupe's Supervisory Board,
and Maurice Lévy, Chairman & CEO of Publicis Groupe.
They will now receive support from Publicis Groupe to help them develop and
build the Publicis Groupe of the future. Each will receive an investment
ranging from 10,000? to 500,000?. A mentor chosen from among Publicis Groupe's
experts in digital, marketing and communications will also support the people
championing these startups.
Thanks to the support of the Henner Group, a longtime partner of Publicis
Groupe, the winning projects will also receive insurance support for one year in
order to help them get their projects off the ground.
As for the "intra-preneurs" (Publicis Groupe employees whose projects have been
selected), their projects will be carried out within the Groupe by their
developers. After six months, a decision will be made on whether the project
has the credentials to merit being incubated by the Groupe, while reserving a
substantial portion of the share capital for the projects' developers.
According to Maxime Baffert, CEO of Proximédia, who is leading Publicis90: "The
Groupe's involvement has enabled us to identify very promising startups from all
over the world and in all fields. This is really a starting point for them, as
they will now be able to develop thanks to the support they will receive from
Publicis Groupe".
Maurice Lévy, Chairman & CEO of Publicis Groupe said "Rather than celebrating
the past, we wanted to celebrate Publicis' 90(th) anniversary in a manner
consistent with the Groupe's DNA, by looking to the future. And so, we will be
funding and supporting entrepreneurial projects led by people inside and outside
of the Groupe. I have been highly impressed by the quality of the projects
which exceeded my hopes and expectations by far, thus demonstrating how vibrant
the sector is, how energetic and entrepreneurial young people continue to be,
and what huge potential there is in this sector. I would like to thank all the
participants for this lesson in optimism, but also the in-house and independent
juries, the experts, and Maxime Baffert who has orchestrated this entire
operation with efficiency and talent."
About Publicis Groupe - The Power of One
Publicis Groupe [Euronext Paris FR0000130577, CAC 40] is a global leader in
marketing, communication, and digital transformation. Active across the entire
value chain, from consulting to creation, and production, Publicis Groupe
offers its clients a transversal, unified and fluid model allowing them access
to all the Groupe's tools and expertise around the world. Publicis Groupe is
organized across four Solutions hubs:
Publicis Communications, Publicis Media, Publicis.Sapient and Publicis Health.
These 4 Solutions hubs operate across principal markets, and are carried across
all others by Publicis One. Publicis One is a fully integrated service offering
making the Groupe's expertise available to all clients, under one roof. Present
in over 100 countries, Publicis Groupe employs nearly 80,000 professionals.
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Contacts
Publicis Groupe
Peggy Nahmany Communication Corporate peggy.nahmany(at)publicisgroupe.com
Maxime Baffert CEO Proximedia maxime.baffert(at)proximedia.fr
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